Lore is Windows 11 is Windows 10X built for phones and tables too. The start menu really appears influenced by Android where it just flat shows everything installed and you're more inclined to search instead.
I do agree however - a beta for Win10 was a hybrid of tiles mixed with a Windows 7 list that throws back to Windows 2000 and I set that as my peak - you could have the best of both. The notifications area has always been weak and the settings panel is crap compared to the control panel (though debatable if control panel ever was the best we could have since it's somewhat cluttered and complex)
Kind of, Windows 10X was going to be the final reboot, also with Win32 sandboxing.
Instead they have been bringing UWP infrastructure into Win32 execution environment, but hardly anyone cares nowadays, unless there is no way to reach the same functionality with classical Win32/COM APIs.
However due to security issues like last year Crowdstrike, Win32 sandboxing is pretty much part of Windows roadmap.
I do agree however - a beta for Win10 was a hybrid of tiles mixed with a Windows 7 list that throws back to Windows 2000 and I set that as my peak - you could have the best of both. The notifications area has always been weak and the settings panel is crap compared to the control panel (though debatable if control panel ever was the best we could have since it's somewhat cluttered and complex)